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US-10855508

Resource configuration method and apparatus

PublishedDecember 1, 2020
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Technical Abstract

A resource configuration method and an apparatus are provided. The resource configuration method includes: receiving, by user equipment, configuration information sent by a network device, where the configuration information is used to indicate at least one time interval and at least one time-frequency resource unit within the time interval, and the time-frequency resource unit includes a first time-frequency resource subunit and/or a second time-frequency resource subunit; and reconfiguring, by the user equipment, a resource mapping manner and/or a rate matching manner based on the configuration information, so that no downlink receiving or uplink sending is performed by the user equipment on the first time-frequency resource subunit, and adjusting a timing offset of the second time-frequency resource subunit to perform downlink receiving or uplink sending on the second time-frequency resource subunit obtained by adjusting the timing offset. Resource utilization can be improved while ensuring that the user equipment correctly receives data.

Patent Claims
19 claims

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1. A method of resource configuration, the method comprising: receiving, from a network device, configuration information used to indicate at least one time interval and at least one time-frequency resource unit within the at least one time interval, wherein the at least one time-frequency resource unit comprises at least one of a first time-frequency resource subunit or a second time-frequency resource subunit; and reconfiguring at least one of a resource mapping manner or a rate matching manner based on the configuration information, so that no downlink receiving or uplink sending is performed by a user equipment on the first time-frequency resource subunit, and adjusting a timing offset of the second time-frequency resource subunit to perform downlink receiving or uplink sending on the second time-frequency resource subunit obtained by adjusting the timing offset; wherein the first time-frequency resource subunit is located on a time domain resource on which an index of a start basic time domain unit is M and an index of an end basic time domain unit is N, and one basic time domain unit is corresponding to one index; and wherein the second time-frequency resource subunit is located on: a time domain resource on which an index of an end basic time domain unit is M−1 and an index of a start basic time domain unit is MA; or a time domain resource on which an index of a start basic time domain unit is N+1 and an index of an end basic time domain unit is N+A, wherein A is a preset quantity of basic time domain units comprised in the second time-frequency resource subunit.

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2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the configuration information is dynamic signaling or semi-static signaling in a specific format.

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3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein: the second time-frequency resource subunit obtained by adjusting the timing offset is used to transmit a measurement signal between the network device and another network device; or the second time-frequency resource subunit obtained by adjusting the timing offset is used to transmit a measurement signal between the user equipment and another user equipment in a cell adjacent to a cell to which the user equipment belongs.

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4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving the configuration information from the network device comprises: receiving first configuration information from the network device, wherein the first configuration information is used to indicate the at least one time interval; and receiving second configuration information from the network device, wherein the second configuration information is used to indicate the at least one time-frequency resource unit within the at least one time interval.

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5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a time domain resource of the at least one time-frequency resource unit comprises at least one basic time domain unit; and the configuration information comprises the index of the start basic time domain unit on the time domain resource of the first time-frequency resource subunit within the time interval and a total quantity of basic time domain units on the time domain resource of the first time-frequency resource subunit within the time interval; or the configuration information comprises the index of the start basic time domain unit on the time domain resource of the first time-frequency resource subunit within the time interval and the index of the end basic time domain unit on the time domain resource of the first time-frequency resource subunit within the time interval.

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6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a frequency domain resource of the at least one time-frequency resource unit comprises at least one basic frequency domain unit; and the configuration information comprises an index of a start basic frequency domain unit on a frequency domain resource of the first time-frequency resource subunit within the time interval and a total quantity of basic frequency domain units on the frequency domain resource of the first time-frequency resource subunit within the time interval; or the configuration information comprises an index of a start basic frequency domain unit on a frequency domain resource of the first time-frequency resource subunit within the time interval and an index of an end basic frequency domain unit on the frequency domain resource of the first time-frequency resource subunit within the time interval.

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7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a time domain resource of the at least one time-frequency resource unit comprises at least one basic time domain unit; and the configuration information comprises the index of the start basic time domain unit on the time domain resource of the second time-frequency resource subunit within the time interval and the total quantity of basic time domain units on the time domain resource of the second time-frequency resource subunit within the time interval; or the configuration information comprises the index of the start basic time domain unit on the time domain resource of the second time-frequency resource subunit within the time interval and the index of the end basic time domain unit on the time domain resource of the second time-frequency resource subunit within the time interval.

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8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a frequency domain resource of the at least one time-frequency resource unit comprises at least one basic frequency domain unit; and the configuration information comprises an index of a start basic frequency domain unit on a frequency domain resource of the second time-frequency resource subunit within the time interval and a total quantity of basic frequency domain units on the frequency domain resource of the second time-frequency resource subunit within the time interval; or the configuration information comprises an index of a start basic frequency domain unit on a frequency domain resource of the second time-frequency resource subunit within the time interval and an index of an end basic frequency domain unit on the time domain resource of the second time-frequency resource subunit within the time interval.

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9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the configuration information comprises a preset format identifier corresponding to the first time-frequency resource subunit within the time interval or a preset format identifier corresponding to the second time-frequency resource subunit within the time interval, wherein one time-frequency resource subunit is corresponding to one preset format identifier.

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10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the configuration information is carried in dynamic signaling or semi-static signaling; and in response to receiving the dynamic signaling and the semi-static signaling, selecting the dynamic signaling or the semi-static signaling based on a preset priority, and obtaining the configuration information from the selected signaling.

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11. A method of resource configuration, the method comprising: sending, by a network device to each user equipment in a cell of the network device, configuration information used to indicate at least one time interval and at least one time-frequency resource unit within the at least one time interval, wherein the at least one time-frequency resource unit comprises at least one of a first time-frequency resource subunit or a second time-frequency resource subunit; wherein the first time-frequency resource subunit is located on a time domain resource on which an index of a start basic time domain unit is M and an index of an end basic time domain unit is N, and one basic time domain unit is corresponding to one index; and wherein the second time-frequency resource subunit is located on: a time domain resource on which an index of an end basic time domain unit is M−1 and an index of a start basic time domain unit is MA; or a time domain resource on which an index of a start basic time domain unit is N+1 and an index of an end basic time domain unit is N+A, wherein A is a preset quantity of basic time domain units comprised in the second time-frequency resource subunit.

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12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the configuration information is dynamic signaling or semi-static signaling in a specific format.

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13. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising: transmitting a measurement signal with another network device on the second time-frequency resource subunit obtained by adjusting a timing offset.

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14. A method of resource configuration, comprising: receiving, from a network device, configuration information used to indicate at least one time interval and at least one time-frequency resource unit within the at least one time interval, wherein the at least one time-frequency resource unit comprises at least one of a first time-frequency resource subunit or a second time-frequency resource subunit; and reconfiguring a signal on the at least one time-frequency resource unit onto a predefined time-frequency resource based on the configuration information, and skipping performing downlink receiving or uplink sending on the at least one time-frequency resource unit; wherein the first time-frequency resource subunit is located on a time domain resource on which an index of a start basic time domain unit is M and an index of an end basic time domain unit is N, and one basic time domain unit is corresponding to one index; and wherein the second time-frequency resource subunit is located on: a time domain resource on which an index of an end basic time domain unit is M−1 and an index of a start basic time domain unit is M-A; or a time domain resource on which an index of a start basic time domain unit is N+1 and an index of an end basic time domain unit is N+A, wherein A is a preset quantity of basic time domain units comprised in the second time-frequency resource subunit.

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15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the signal on the at least one time-frequency resource unit comprises at least one of data information, a control signal, or a reference signal.

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16. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the predefined time-frequency resource is a basic time domain unit that comprises a preset index; or the predefined time-frequency resource is a time-frequency resource that differs by a preset quantity of basic time domain units from the at least one time-frequency resource unit in time domain; or the predefined time-frequency resource is a time-frequency resource that differs by a first preset quantity of basic time domain units from the at least one time-frequency resource unit in time domain and that differs by a second preset quantity of basic frequency domain units from the at least one time-frequency resource unit in frequency domain.

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17. The method according to claim 14 , wherein: the at least one time-frequency resource unit is used to transmit a measurement signal between a user equipment and another user equipment in a cell adjacent to a cell to which the user equipment belongs; or the at least one time-frequency resource unit is used to transmit a measurement signal between the network device and another network device.

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18. A method of resource configuration, the method comprising: sending, to a user equipment configuration information used to indicate at least one time interval and at least one time-frequency resource unit within the at least one time interval, to cause the user equipment to reconfigure a signal on the at least one time-frequency resource unit onto a predefined time-frequency resource, wherein the at least one time-frequency resource unit comprises at least one of a first time-frequency resource subunit or a second time-frequency resource subunit; wherein the first time-frequency resource subunit is located on a time domain resource on which an index of a start basic time domain unit is M and an index of an end basic time domain unit is N, and one basic time domain unit is corresponding to one index; and wherein the second time-frequency resource subunit is located on: a time domain resource on which an index of an end basic time domain unit is M−1 and an index of a start basic time domain unit is M−A; or a time domain resource on which an index of a start basic time domain unit is N+1 and an index of an end basic time domain unit is N+A, wherein A is a preset quantity of basic time domain units comprised in the second time-frequency resource subunit.

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19. The method according to claim 18 , wherein: the at least one time-frequency resource unit is used to transmit a measurement signal between a network device and another network device; or the at least one time-frequency resource unit is used to transmit a measurement signal between the user equipment and another user equipment in a cell adjacent to a cell to which the user equipment belongs.

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February 11, 2019

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December 1, 2020

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